Study for performance of thermo-optic matrix switches with flexible switching units and Banyan networks

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Sun, De Gui ^a   Deng, Wenyuan ^a   Shulin, E ^a   Zha, Ying ^a   Liu, Zhiying ^a   Li, Xiaoqi ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Banyan network; Blocking property; Insertion loss; Optical matrix switch; Optical waveguide interconnection; Scalability; Three state switching unit; Two state switching unit

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS;

BANYAN NETWORK; BLOCKING PROPERTY; OPTICAL MATRIX SWITCH; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE INTERCONNECTION; THERMO-OPTIC MATRIX SWITCHES; THREE-STATE SWITCHING UNIT; TWO-STATE SWITCHING UNIT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33748614133     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2158997     Document Type: Article

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